Romila Thapar

3.3k total citations
80 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Romila Thapar is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Anthropology and Religious studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Romila Thapar has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 24 papers in Anthropology and 21 papers in Religious studies. Recurrent topics in Romila Thapar's work include Indian and Buddhist Studies (21 papers), Indian History and Philosophy (17 papers) and Eurasian Exchange Networks (13 papers). Romila Thapar is often cited by papers focused on Indian and Buddhist Studies (21 papers), Indian History and Philosophy (17 papers) and Eurasian Exchange Networks (13 papers). Romila Thapar collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Pakistan. Romila Thapar's co-authors include B. G. Gokhale, Harbans Mukhia, Bipan Chandra, Madhav Gadgil, Sarvepalli Gopal, Bridget Allchin, Michael Witzel, Razib Hayat Khan, Sundar Sarukkai and Dhruv Raina and has published in prestigious journals such as Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, The American Historical Review and Comparative Studies in Society and History.

In The Last Decade

Romila Thapar

68 papers receiving 830 citations

Peers

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Anthony Grafton United States

Jacques Le Goff France

Anthony Pagden United States

Janet Lloyd United Kingdom

Annemarie Schımmel United States

Martin Holbraad United Kingdom

Nicholas B. Dirks United States

Bruce Lincoln United States

Natalie Zemon Davis Canada

Bernard Cohn United States

Anthony Grafton United States

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423 ×1.1

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251 ×0.7

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404 ×1.1

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210 ×0.8

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140 ×1.1

RS

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Thapar, Romila. (2018). Revisiting Max Weber's Religion of India. Max Weber Studies. 18(1). 122–139.

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Thapar, Romila. (2014). Can Genetics Help Us Understand Indian Social History?. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 6(11). a008599–a008599. 5 indexed citations

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Thapar, Romila. (2010). Ancient Indian Social History: Some Interpretations. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 28 indexed citations

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Thapar, Romila. (2002). Reading history from inscriptions. 1 indexed citations

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Thapar, Romila, et al.. (2001). Tradition, dissent and ideology : essays in honour of Romila Thapar. Oxford University Press eBooks. 17 indexed citations

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Thapar, Romila. (2000). India another millennium. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 17 indexed citations

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Thapar, Romila. (1999). Śakuntalā : texts, readings, histories. 8 indexed citations

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Thapar, Romila. (1998). Recent Perspectives of Early Indian History. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 30 indexed citations

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Zürcher, Erik, et al.. (1996). From the seventh century BC to the seventh century AD. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

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Thapar, Romila. (1996). The Theory of Aryan Race and India: History and Politics. Social Scientist. 24(1/3). 3–3. 35 indexed citations

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Gadgil, Madhav & Romila Thapar. (1990). Human Ecology in India Some Historical Perspectives. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews. 15(3). 209–223. 10 indexed citations

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Thapar, Romila. (1984). Milenarismo, religión y sociedad en la India antigua. Estudios de Asia y África. 457–476.

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Thapar, Romila. (1981). The householder and the renouncer in the Brahmanical and Buddhist traditions. Contributions to Indian Sociology. 15(1-2). 273–298. 8 indexed citations

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Thapar, Romila, Harbans Mukhia, & Bipan Chandra. (1977). Communalism and the writing of Indian history. North-Eastern Hill University Library (North Eastern Hill University). 26 indexed citations

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Thapar, Romila. (1973). The past and prejudice. 5 indexed citations

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Thapar, Romila. (1971). The Image of the Barbarian in Early India. Comparative Studies in Society and History. 13(4). 408–436. 24 indexed citations

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Thapar, Romila, et al.. (1966). The History of India, Vol. 2. 8 indexed citations

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Thapar, Romila. (1966). History of India. 3 indexed citations

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Thapar, Romila, et al.. (1965). A history of India. Penguin Books. 208 indexed citations

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Thapar, Romila. (1960). AŚOKA AND BUDDHISM. Past & Present. 18(1). 43–51. 1 indexed citations

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